Palace of Bishop George Kanisky

On the pedestrian streets of Leninska, the former Vetranaya and Velika Sadova, you can find the palace of the Orthodox bishop Giorgiy Kanisky, which was built in 1762-85 in the late Baroque style by the architect Johann Glaubitz. The palace was part of the architectural ensemble of the Mogilev Spassky Orthodox Monastery, which included the Spassky Cathedral, theological seminary building, outbuildings, bell tower, trade councils and farm buildings. The palace was built on the initiative of Bishop George Kanisky (1717 - 1795). G. Kanisky was born in Ukraine, was the rector of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. And in 1755, the people of Mogilev invited him to be a bishop and head the Mogilev Diocese. The palace is located deep in the quarter on the high bank of the Dnieper and the main facade faces Vetranaya Street. The three-story brick building is covered with a high pitched roof. The main entrance is decorated with an arched portal with a visor on metal columns. Metal columns and visors represent a separate type of decor that should be approached and carefully examined. To the right of the main entrance to the building is a commemorative sign dedicated to G. Kanisk. On the first floor there were a grand hall for receptions and service rooms; on the second - the bishop's room: bedroom, study, library; on the third – utility rooms. After the revolution in 1918, the provincial Cheka was located here. Then the building was used as a residential building, a local history museum. And now it has been transferred to the needs of the Russian Orthodox Church. The local history museum of the Mogilev Orthodox diocese works in the building, which does not work every day and must be agreed with the head of the museum in advance. In the middle of the 19th century, a brick gate was built on the territory of the bishop's yard as the main entrance: 2 massive pylons decorated with Doric half-columns. On both sides of the yard, 2 outbuildings from the 18th century have been preserved. Next to the palace on the right side was the Spasskaya Church, built by I. Glaubitz in the late Vilnius Baroque style. Not preserved. And on the left – there was the building of the theological seminary, built in the style of classicism by the architect M. Lvov. The monument was demolished after the war and now there is a residential house on that place. Many well-known figures studied at the seminary: writers Mikhas Zaretskyi, Andrey Mriy, Vasil Shashalevich, historian Vsevolad Ignatovsky, archaeologist Konstantin Polikarpovich, archivist and philologist Ivan Grigarovich, father of designer and rocket engineer Sergei Koralev - Pavel Koralev and many others.